The Fujifilm XF 23mm F2 R WR delivers a 35mm full-frame equivalent field of view and stands out due to its small size and weather-resistant build.

While some "regular" minimum focal length is around 28mm (at lowest zoom level, wide angle end), IXUS 220HS has a minimum focal length of 24mm and is considered a "wide lens" camera. It’s a fun to see a video emerge of your day’s photo-taking, especially of people as they perfect their poses, although the downside is the continuous buffering of video will see your batteries deplete more quickly, so beware if you’re out without a spare.The same test subject at ISO800, and overall the image is still fairly clean if we’re slightly losing edge definition on close inspection. The situation I find problematic is when someone else is using the camera, for example to take a picture of me and my friends. The lens is 5x optical zoom, which is a 35mm equivalent of 24mm - 120mm and has image stabilisation to help reduce blur. Connect your camera to your Apple or Android device for firmware updates, remote shooting or to easily download your photos.

As this seems to be a pretty active forum with a lot of professionals that could help further, I decided to post it here, too. If you want a compact camera that produces great quality photos without the hassle of changing lenses, there are plenty of choices available for every budget. Portable, all-in one PowerShot and IXUS cameras ranging from expert creative compacts to superzooms and easy point and shoot options. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year.To make picture taking easy, there is Smart Auto which selected from a total of 32 different scenes. Considering it’s diminutive size, it packs a very versatile 5x optical zoom in, ranging from 24-120mm.

The sound is reasonably clear, and voices can be picked up without too much difficulty in quiet situations. The rest of the shooting modes are hidden within this same toolbar, including Movie Digest mode, dedicated portrait and “kids and pets” scene options, smile shutter, high speed burst shooting, best image selection (the camera choosing the best representation of a given scene from a sequence of shots), handheld night scene, Low Light (three megapixel resolution), plus fisheye, miniature effect, toy camera, monochrome, super vivid and poster effect. Comparing this with my first digital camera, a Canon Powershot S330 bought almost exactly a decade ago, provides a nice illustration of how much camera technology has improved.I’ve owned and enjoyed APS and digital variants of Ixus cameras in the past so I was looking forward to getting my hands on the Canon Ixus 220 HS.